Effectiveness of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) in T. b. gambiense second stage sleeping sickness patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Report from a field study

• Andrea Kuemmerle ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Kuemmerle, Caecilia Schmid

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-2676

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• Caecilia Schmid ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Kuemmerle, Caecilia Schmid

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation, Bern, Switzerland

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-9697

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• Sonja Bernhard,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Victor Kande,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Wilfried Mutombo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Medard Ilunga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Ismael Lumpungu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Sylvain Mutanda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Pathou Nganzobo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Digas Ngolo Tete,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-1128

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• Mays Kisala,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau Diocesain d’Oeuvres Médicales (BDOM), Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Christian Burri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5418-1984

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• Severine Blesson,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-8015

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• Olaf Valverde Mordt

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ovalverde@dndi.org

  Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3898-1014

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